An elderly woman from Oklahoma identified only as Mrs. Newby made headlines this week after she killed 11 copperheads. Armed with a shotgun and a shovel, Mrs. Newby was ready to crush and blast the venomous intruders.
Dubbed the “snake killer,” Mrs. Newby became a viral sensation after her neighbor Susan Thompson wrote the following on a now deleted Facebook post, “Mrs Newby killed 11 copperheads last night at her house ! She’s a snake killer if you need help call her ! She is 72 years old!”
Susan included the following image with her post,
Thompson said that her elderly neighbor intended to “sit outside last night and wait for some more” snakes. Newby killed another 4 copperheads on Saturday and 2 more on Sunday bringing her weekend total to 17.
Thompson called Newby an “awesome lady.” We’ll have to agree with that statement!